According to https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Grozny_(1994%E2%80%931995) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Grozny_(1994%E2%80... the Russian ar

According to https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Grozny_(1994%E2%80%931995) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Grozny_(1994%E2%80... the Russian army started to destroy Grozny with heavy bombings only after the initial plan, which was to drive the tank columns straight to the presidential palace, badly failed. Their stated objective in Ukraine is not to take Kyiv, let's hope it's true.